Mills

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 87.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1882 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
919
since 1882

Mills over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #691, 1882girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,13315#2,76546
2024#7,25115#2,91543
2023#6,16919#3,41634
2022#5,79321#4,30324
2021#13,4646#3,24236
2020#13,4536#3,65329
2019#11,3568#4,33723
2018#9,15111#3,60730
2017#15,9025#4,22424
2016#4,47022
2015#10,8669#5,74615
2014#14,5586#7,56210
2013#16,5475#5,92314
2012#4,68620
2011#9,6007
2010#8,8038
2009#7,69210
2008#8,3249
2007#8,9158
2006#7,42710
2005#11,4725
2004#8,1438
2003#10,8945
2002#7,0559
2001#6,9359
2000#5,04014
1999#7,8747
1998#8,4796
1997#6,6188
1996#6,4968
1995
1994
1993
1992#8,4355
1991
1990
1989#5,6158
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985
1984
1983
1982#3,69211
1981
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1970
1969#4,4045
1968
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1959#3,0378
1958#3,9445
1957
1956
1955
1954#3,8275
1953
1952#2,8758
1951#3,7145
1950#2,7708
1949
1948#3,0107
1947#3,3706
1946#2,9197
1945#2,5748
1944#2,4679
1943#2,40510
1942#3,5605
1941#2,8727
1940#2,8717
1939
1938#2,8687
1937#1,91314
1936#2,4529
1935#2,39610
1934
1933#2,7388
1932#3,0927
1931#3,7635
1930#4,0015
1929#2,09614
1928#2,52211
1927#3,4517
1926#3,7086
1925#2,43512
1924#2,47312
1923#3,1758
1922#2,24014
1921#4,3225
1920#2,23114
1919#2,66510
1918#2,54311
1917#2,42311
1916#2,15213
1915#3,0827
1914#1,97511
1913#1,67611
1912#2,2696
1911
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1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
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1902
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1900#1,1626
1899
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1896#1,1015
1895
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1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#8456
1885#8366
1884
1883
1882#6918
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Mills! It came in at #691, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mills
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 150 spots since 2024 (#2,915#2,765)
  • 888 spots since 2020 (#3,653#2,765)
  • 2,981 spots since 2015 (#5,746#2,765)
  • Biggest drop: 9 spots in 1886 (#836#845)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #691 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1885–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,211
  • Highest: 1 in 14,211 boys born in 1882 were named Mills (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 23.1% of all boys named Mills (212) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s20#691 (1882)#791
1890s5#1,101 (1896)#1,101
1900s6#1,162 (1900)#1,162
1910s80#1,676 (1913)#2,348
1920s103#2,096 (1929)#2,865
1930s65#1,913 (1937)#2,903
1940s66#2,405 (1943)#2,894
1950s39#2,770 (1950)#3,361
1960s5#4,404 (1969)#4,404
1970s0
1980s24#3,692 (1982)#5,343
1990s34#6,496 (1996)#7,580
2000s87#5,040 (2000)#8,190
2010s173#3,607 (2018)#5,896
2020s212#2,765 (2025)#3,382

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mills in 1885

boys
#836
6 births · 1 in 17,967 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #836Mills6
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 17,967 of them was named Mills, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mills
  1. #765Wilhelm7
  2. #765Wong7
  3. #765Woodie7
  4. #836Mills6
  5. #836Ab6
  6. #836Abel6
  7. #836Algie6
  8. #936Ada5
  9. #936Albion5
  10. #936Alcide5

Tied with 99 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885